#21 Stonehill Places 24th at New England Championships

Junior captain Jill Alves was
second-fastest among Division II runners at the New England
Championships this afternoon. (PHOTO BY Richard Orr)

Alves leads Skyhawks with
107th place finish out of 322 runners

DORCHESTER, Mass. (October
9, 2010) – Stonehill College, ranked 21st
in this week's U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches
Association (USTFCCCA) Division II national poll and first in the
East Region, turned in a 24th place finish at the New
England Cross Country Championships at Franklin Park today.

Stonehill posted 667 points to
finish 24th out of 47 programs at the event overall, but
first among Division II teams at the Championship which features
New England programs in all three divisions. Boston College took
four of the top five spots overall to win the team title with a
score of 26, while the University of Connecticut placed second with
116 points. University of Maine junior Corey Connor took the
individual title for the second-straight year as she completed the
five-kilometer course in 16:54.

Junior captain Jill Alves
(Whitman, Mass./Whitman-Hanson) led Stonehill as she
placed 107th out of 322 runners overall by completing
the course in 19:21 – good for second among Division II
runners. Junior Kristen Mahoney
(Weymouth, Mass./Weymouth) finished 110th
(fourth in DII) with her time of 19:23, while freshman Emily Regan
(Hanson, Mass./Whitman-Hanson) took 126th
(6th DII) in 19:32 – first among Division II
freshmen.

Stonehill is back in action
Saturday, October 23, when it participates in the Kutztown
University Division II Challenge, in Kutztown, Pa., at 10 a.m.